Turkish pianist under detention over social media posts
Turkish pianist Dengin Ceyhan was detained on Tuesday over his social media posts. Born in 1991, Ceyhan is teaching at the Hacettepe University conservatory....
Demand for VPNs up 99 pct in Turkey in 2023: report
The demand for virtual private networks (VPNs) saw an increase of 99 percent in Turkey in 2023, Free Web Turkey reported, citing a study...
Erdoğanist media goes on Germany-bashing despite of sharp twist by Erdoğan gov’t
Despite of the radical twist in the Turkish government's approach towards Germany under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, pro-Erdoğan media has...
Court upholds 5 journalists’ sentences, reverses decision to acquit another one in RedHack trial
A regional appeals court in İstanbul has upheld the sentences handed down to five journalists and reversed a decision to acquit another one of...
CoE: Imprisonment of journalists part of broader pattern of repression against dissent, criticism
Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated in an observation report on October 10, 2017, which was released today,...
Journalist Salih Turan arrested on terrorism charges
Turkish journalist Salih Turan was arrested by a court on Wednesday on charges of alleged membership in a terrorist group, the Artı Gerçek news website...
Turkey blocks access to Grok’s X account, citing national security
Turkish authorities have blocked access to the X account of Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, under a law that...
Mobster’s brother admits to field mission to kill Turkish Cypriot journalist
Atilla Peker, the brother of notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker, has confirmed his brother’s recent claims, confessing that the mobster sent him on...
Turkish gov’t hands over critical Iranian journalist to Tehran regime
The Turkish government has handed over Iranian opposition journalist Arash Sohashargh to the Tehran regime, according to a report by online news outlet Artı Gerçek.
Columnist Yıldız...
Turkish jurists call for immediate release of journalist Güven
Jurists have expressed reactions to the “unlawful detention” of Cumhuriyet’s website editor Oğuz Güven for a report that appeared on the daily’s website about...
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